Elapsed Time

Ok, I haven't posted in a little because I was really tired on Monday night after doing the canopy tour and everything, plus Internet is really slow. Right now it's 4am and I can't sleep. I'm having a health issue that I need to try and remedy tomorrow. So I can't sleep right now. I didn't get a chance to post the photos from the canopy tour but I guess I will just write a little about it here so that it's easier to load the pictures later.


Sr. and I went on the canopy tour, no one else wanted to do it so David and Laura stayed home and vegged out reading. I actually had a lot of fun, it's really cool to slide along a wire through the jungle at that height. It gives the forests a whole new perspective. We had the pleasure of seeing my first (wild) poison dart frog. Pictures to be posted soon. But then the day after we drove to the town La Fortuna which is up in the Northern area near Nicaragua at the Arenal Volcano. We stayed at this BEAUTIFUL resort and hot spring called Baldi. We had the view of the volcano from our rooms, unfortunately the rainy season brings many clouds so we never got to see the top. Either way it was pretty, we took some nice drives through the mountains through the clouds and stuff.

We stayed there and soaked in the hot springs for two nights so I had no way of putting up photos since David left his computer (less luggage). So we got back today and I have a ton of traveling photos, plus a Sloth we saw trying to cross the road. We stopped to see if it needed help and there were some locals that grabbed a stick and helped it cross. I asked them if it fell or what and they told me that sloths will try to cross the street to find more food on the other side. Thank God someone was there to help it or it would have been crushed! I got up close and personal with the dirty critter, I took some pictures but the AC was on in the car and when I went outside into the humidity the camera lens kept fogging up so some of the pictures look like I'm either in the clouds or a dream sequence. lol The sloth was pretty neat though, you could see all the gnarly bugs and critters that live in its fur crawling around on it's body, it was pretty weird. But their faces are so precious, they look like they are smiling all the time. I guess I had good reason for the ugly things being my favorite animal as a child. Strange.

It was Laura's Birthday I guess it would be yesterday, it's still 4am here. When we got back from the Volcano we relaxed for a little and then went out for her Birthday dinner at this cute place called "Barba Roja". It's walking distance from our house except up a really steep rocky road so we drove, not realizing how close it was. Had a nice dinner with the "best sunset view in town" and the sky really was beautiful. We missed the sunset but the water was so dark and the sky a deep blue, the rain was coming in so the sky looked really neat. After dinner we came home and went to bed.

We did see 3 sloths in the tree though. i was trying to find the one that we normally have and he/she never disappoints. I found one and then two more! I was so excited. As I was taking pictures from inside the pool there pops a Howler Monkey in my view. So I had 3 sloths and a howler monkey all in the same tree. It was pretty cool. I took a bunch of video of the howler trying to get to me and grunting at me from the branches. I feel like I had a very intimate encounter with him. haha It was cool to be so close to him.

Right now it's thundering and lightning. The rain has subsided but it was pouring a second ago.
It's much warmer and more humid here in Manuel Antonio than it is in the mountains at Arenal.
OK, well I am going to try to get some rest. Tomorrow David and Sr. are going white water rafting and Laura and I are taking a tour of the spice farm.

Pictures will be posted tomororw.
Sorry for any mispellings, I profread and did spell check but I'm typing in the dark here.
Nighty Night